Engineers building a new future!
Here's Daniel Almagor from Engineers without Borders talking about why he thinks the Future Summit is important to help us "engineer a better world":
future
Live local challenge - what I learned #livelocal
Approach
My approach was that of an ordinary outer suburban Sydney dweller. I wanted to see how easy it would be to live locally using the local shopping sources - malls, supermarkets, farmer's markets - without travelling long distances to specialist sources. I also broadened my thinking to include other
Chief Economist cares about the future!
Here's Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist with Austrade (who's also known as the Airport Economist), talking about why the Future Summit was on his agenda:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8sCHQw8Eo&w=425&h=344]
Here's another person who is interested in the future
Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344]
It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
Here's another person who is interested in the future
Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344]
It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
Who else is interested in the future?
Here's a short video with another person I met at the Future Summit 09 in Melbourne. This is Alex Jones, who is Chairman of the Deafness Forum of Australia, he's talking to us in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Alex raises the really important issue of access
Future and the Summit
I was really lucky to be able to attend the Australian Davos Connection's Future Summit 2009 in Melbourne earlier this week.
When I walked into the venue it was a bit intimidating, so many serious looking people in suits. And from the attendee list I knew that many